December 4th was Grandpa's birthday, so Brooke and I decided to do a craft project for him. We built a fire truck out of a shoe box and construction paper. She had a lot of fun helping me make the fire truck, and Grandpa loved it! We made him a card and stuck it inside the shoe box. We were singing Happy Birthday all day to Grandpa, but when we got there, she wouldn't sing in front of him. It amazes me how shy she can be at times. It also amazes me that she only has to hear a song a few times and then can remember most of the words and sings along with me.
Some of the fun songs we have been singing recently:
- Happy Birthday
- Jingle Bells
- Ruldolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
- BINGO
- Deck the Halls
- The Days of the week song
Speaking of the days of the week song....When I was telling Brooke that it was Grandpa's birthday, she was excited to hear about it. A few minutes later, she said that Grandpa's birthday was on Tuesday. Tuesday? My child knew what Tuesday was?? I had no clue that she knew the days of the week. I figured that she had to learn this at school, so I googled the days of the week songs. I clicked on the first one, and she listened, but didn't sing along...so I figured that wasn't it. I clicked on the second one, and she immediately started to sing along. It was so cute. I love that she is learning new things at school, and seems to really enjoy going there. She has also learned most of her letters as well. Out of the 26 letters, she knows about 20 of them. I am really impressed.
As far as potty training is concerned, she is really doing great. She only has about one accident a day. Unfortunately, two out of the last three days - it has been a poop accident. It's so much easier with a diaper!! On a better note, the last three days she has woken up completely dry. We are still putting a pull up on her at night (just in case). The first thing she does when she wakes up is go pee...and goes a lot! I am so proud of her! I never thought she would be doing this great this soon. I am hoping, however, I am not going to eat my words soon!!
When it snowed this past weekend, I thought it would be a great opportunity to get outside and play in it. Brooke was very excited about the thought of playing in it...and I was thrilled that she wanted to. Last year, she hated the snow. She had one bad experience (fell face first into the snow and couldn't move), and never wanted to get in the snow again. I bundled Brooke up in her snow bibs, heavy coat, two pairs of socks, hat, gloves, etc. She was ready to play! We got out in the snow, and she immediately took to it. She made snow balls, threw them at Carson, and rough housed with Carson in the snow. Both of them were having a blast. I was in the process of building a snow man when Brooke came over to me and showed me her glove. Somehow, it completely split open at the top and her poor, frozen little fingers were sticking out. At this point, she was only out in the snow for 10 minutes, so I know that she could not have had her fingers exposed for more than 3 minutes. She came over to me and then started crying. Her little fingers were soooo cold. We immediately came inside and I wrapped her fingers up in a blanket. In a few minutes, she was just fine asking for a snack. She was very traumatized that her gloves were broken and requested that we get new gloves - but this time, she wanted PINK ones. That child could have everything in pink. Cracks me up.
On another random note, we are going to Gatlinburg this weekend with Dana and Travis. I am looking forward to an adult weekend, but this will be the first time that Jeremy and I will be away (together) from Brooke for that long...and that far away. I know that we will have a blast, and Brooke will be in great hands, but I am sure going to miss her! I also worry that the impending snow storm may cancel our plans - or at the very least we would have to come home early. I don't want to drive home in hazardous conditions. I guess we will just have to keep a close eye on the weather to see what we will need to do.
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